The Roman prefect, known to Christians as the man responsible for Jesus' death, is one of the few New Testament figures to appear in the archaeological record.

This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at HistoryToday.com. Towards the end of the second century AD the pagan intellectual Celsus wrote an ...

A central figure of the Passion narratives and one of the best historically established figures of the Christian Testament, Pontius Pilate rarely escapes caricature in portrayals of him. In the ...

We know the man, and we know his name. He is infamous for his contributions to Jesus’ suffering and death. Though his name is immortalized through the recitation of the Creed each Sunday, Pontius ...

We live in an age of Pilate politics. Pontius Pilate is a familiar figure to many of us, especially on this Easter weekend. He was the Roman governor of Judea and Samaria, tasked with collecting taxes ...